People in Urgent Need of Help
An unforeseen event can place a refugee in a situation of emergency. Schoolchildren may lose sponsors they already have, and so may aged people and novice monks and nuns. A sponsor may become unable to help further. Students can lose grants from other sources and need a new source of support. Health problems needing treatment or surgery may unexpectedly arise
Education and health projects are frequently started in response to an urgent need which cannot be ignored, and consequently need urgent finance.
A few of these cases are described here, together with information and links for sending help. It is possible to sponsor these persons or to make a donation directly to our fund for the support of urgent cases.
Sponsor Needed Fast
since 9 May 2021
Organisation / Country Lodrik Welfare Fund, Pokhara (Nepal)
Name Mrs Dungtso
Roll No. –
D.O.B. 1953
Place of birth Toe – Bawa, Tibet
Resident of Pajorling Settlement, Pokhara (Nepal)
Case history (summary)
Mrs Dungtso was born to a farming family in Tibet. After the invasion of Tibet she escape with her brother at a very young age. They settled in a place called Dolpa near the Tibetan border where she met the man of her life. She gave birth to a son. After a few years her husband passed away and she lives on in her sorrow. Her brother left to join the volunteer guerilla movement. To sustain her life she worked as a shepherdess among nomads
After a few years she moved to Paljorling Tibetan Settlement to reside there with her brother and son. They sustained themselves weaving carpets, their only source of income. Her son married and moved with his Family to India. Mrs Dungtso and her brother are advancing in age with the years. Currently she works for very low wages in the noodle factory of their settlement. Her brother never married and is 88 years old and in poor health. She has problems because her wage is not sufficient for her needs. It would be a real kindness if someone could help this lady.
The sponsorship fee per year: CHF 400.
We can readily send you her life history. Please contact Beatrice Güdel.
If you already know that you would like to support Mrs Dungtso, please write her name in the message box of the application form
Ich would like to sponsor Mrs DungtsoSponsor Sought
since 12 September 2022
Organisation/Country: Tibetan Women’s Welfare Group, Kathmandu, Nepal
Name: Mr. Tsering Dorjee
Date of Birth: 1972
Lives at: Tibetan Women’s Welfare Group, Home for the Aged in Kathmandu
History in Précis
Tsering Dorjee attended school in Varanasi, India, and worked as a teacher in Buddhism until he suffered a broken leg in an accident. Hospital costs took all his savings. Afterwards he never found work again was in financial difficulty and in need, living on the street. Nepalese police delivered him to a state-run home or Ashram. He intimated to TWWG visiting staff his wish to transfer to the TWWG home for aged people and was admitted there in April 2022
A sponsorship of CHF 400 would cover his costs at the TWWG home
We should gladly send more information and a life history. Please contact co-ordinator Tsering Kunz. If you would like to make your help specific to Mr Tsering Dorjee please place his name in the message box of the Sponsorship Form
I would like to sponsor Mr Tsering DorjeeSponsor Sought
since 12 September 2022
Organisation/Land: Tibetan Women’s Welfare Group, Kathmandu, Nepal
Name: Mr. Nyima Tsering
Year of Birth: 1979
Lives at: Tibetan Women’s Welfare Group Home for Aged, Kathmandu
History in Précis
Nyime Tsering lived on the street when he could no longer work or earn. Nepalese police took him to a state-run home or Ashram where he worked as a handyman. He told TWWG staff visiting to collect others that he also wished to go to a home for aged Tibetans and wished to work in support of the older residents. He moved there on 15 April 2022
A sponsorship of CHF 400 would cover Mr Nimye Tsering’s costs at the TWWG home
We should be pleased send more information and a life history. Please contact co-ordinator Tsering Kunz
If you would like specifically to support Mr Nimye Tsering please place his name in the message box of the Sponsorship Form
I should like to sponsor Mr Nimye TseringSponsor Needed
(since 3 August 2020)
Organisation / Country: Sambhota Tibetan Schools / India
Name: Tenzin Gadhen
Date of Birth: 1 August 2011
School Class: 1st
School: Sambhota Tibetan School, Shillong
Parents Live in: Tawang, Bomdila, India
History in Précis
Tenzin Gadhen is nine years old and attends the first class at Sambhota Tibetan School Shillong. He plays readily with his friends and likes to read stories and historical accounts. He also draws abstract pictures. His parents and siblings live in Bomdila. His mother works the land for slender rewards which have to cover the family outgoings
This sponsorship costs CHF 500 per year
oldtibetfreunde.interweavers.ch would be very pleased to tell you more and send you Tenzin Gadhen’s curriculum vitae. Please contact the sponsorship administrator Tenzin Sangmo Shöntsang
If you would like to support specifically Tenzin Gadhen please add his name to the message box of the sponsorship form
I should like to support Tenzin Gadhen
Thank you so much the New Sponsor of Tenzin Yankyi
Tenzin Yankyi‘s parents fled Tibet for Nepal in the year 2000. The family now lives in the Boudhanat quarter of Kathmandu, and is very poor. The father sings community prayers and the mother spins wool and effects minor tasks in a carpet factory also in Boudhanat. The family income hardly covers essentials. School costs were unthinkable without another source of funds. She is now in the 4th class at Manasarovar Academy
Thank you to the Sponsor of Mr Kyipu
Mr Kyipu was born in Tibet. He fled the fled the Chinese occupation and reached Mustang in Nepal in the early 1970s. He served in an armed resistance detachment fighting the Chinese army. After some years his guerilla force disbanded on the advice of HH The Dalai Lama. He now lives with his wife in the Paljorling settlement for Tibetan refugees and works in a small factory producing noodles. He is organised and in good health. The Lodrik Welfare Fund in Nepal reports that the couple has insufficient income for their needs and proposes them for a sponsorship
Thank you to the Sponsor of Mr Dorjee Gyalpo
Mr Dorjee Gyalpo has been living alone and in difficulty in the tibetan settlement at Paljorling. His parents are long dead and his younger brother lives in a centre for rehabilitation. Mr Gyalpo has worked at many jobs in his time having been kitchen assistant in the Hotel Annapurna and cook at the monastery of Paljorling settlement. He suffers however a psychological disorder which is understood to be genetically influenced he and no longer works. Until now a relative has been able to support him
Thank you to the new sponsor since November of Karma Sonam Yeshi
Karma Sonam Yeshi is seven years old and attends Manjushree Primary School in the 2nd Class. His sister is at school in the 7th Class at Tibetan Childrens Villages Chuntra in India. He is very attached to his sister. He lives with his parents and grandparents. His mother teaches PreSchool. The family income must support all. School for Karma Sonam Yeshi requires help
Thank You to the New Sponsor of Tsering Namgyal
Tsering Namgyal attends the seventh class of Tibetan Children’s Villages School, Dharamsala. He enjoys playing cricket and football and competes in the school dance competition. His parents live in Pokhara where his younger sister attends SOS-Primary. The parents run a restaurant but the proceeds don’t cover schooling
Thank you the new sponsor of Tenzin Paldon
Tenzin Paldon is nine years old. She lives with her parents in the Tibetan settlement Tashi Gang in Pokhara. She is an only daughter and attends Mount Kailash Primary School in Pokhara in the 4th Class. It’s a 10-minute walk for her. She is sweet-natured, plays badminton and joins in curricular activities. Mother and father run a restaurant near home. The takings aren’t great and schooling costs need support
Thank You to the New Sponsor of Tenzin Bhusang
Tenzin Bhusang is seven years old and attends the first class at Sambhota Tibetan School Shillong. He likes to draw and to read narrative accounts. His parents and siblings live in Bomdila. His parents work the land but could not gain enough to pay school fees
Thank You Our New Sponsors…
Passang Yangchen, Methok Bhuti, Dawa Chogyal Lama, Chimy Dorjee Lama und Tsering Lhamu were in pressing need. They did not have the resources to continue their education at Mt. Kailash Boarding School in Nepal, and the school couldn’t help either
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Tenzin Palmo
Tenzin Palmo, 7, is the daughter of a farming family in Lahaul and Spiti district of north Indian federal state Himachal Pradesh. The family lives from raising such crops as green peas and barley. Tenzin’s parents work hard on their modest parcel of land, which scarcely produces enough to support the family. Shorter winters with less snow and longer summers are now making life even harder
Tibetan Children’s Village is delighted to have Tenzin Palmo under their shelter since March 2018. There is every hope that Tenzin Palmo will become completely at one with her large new family in their happy and healthy learning ambience with modern childcare methods centred on the emotional, social, physical and cognitive development of the child. This is Tenzin Palmo’s first school. She has four siblings at home. She is very shy and speaks very quietly
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Ngawang Tsangyang
Ngawang Tsangyang’s father is a health worker in a Tibetan settlement in Pokhara. Her mother keeps house fulltime. Ngawang Tsangyang began her schooling at the Hermann Gmeiner School, Pokhara. She had until recently a sponsor via TibetFreunde and now needs a replacement sponsor urgently. She has now reached the 11th Class at the School in Suja of the Tibetan Children’s Villages
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Tenzin Choesang
I am Tenzin Choesang and I was born and brought up in South India. My father works in the schools of the Tibetan Children’s Villages and has done for over 35 years. His purpose is service to our community to the best of his ability. He covers our daily expenses from very little pay. My mother passed away in 2016 after prolonged illness. My elder sister recently started work, provisonally in a department for publications
After my BA in Psychology, Economics & Sociology I studied Buddhism for six months at the Snowland School of Tibetan Studies. During this time I developed a strong interest in doing a job to support myself and also promote our tradition and culture. The best job I can imagine is that of a traditional Tibetan doctor. I feel certain that my keen interest in studying Tibetan medicine is the correct development for me and will enable me to be of real help
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Tanzin Chekit
Tanzin Chekit was born in the village of Lossar in the region of Spiti. Her father is a field labourer and her mother keeps house. She has an elder brother and an elder sister. The family owns one field and grows wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables. They also have cows and sheep. Communication and transport are restricted in their valley because of the length of winter and heavy snowfall. There is not much chance to prosper at anything
Tanzin Chekit attended state school until the 5th class. She is very interested in studying Buddhist philosophy at the convent of Sherab Choling. There she has in addition the possibility of studying the ancient tradition of Nalanda. Instructors and senior Dharma Sisters will support her in these studies. She considers the life of a nun both logical and useful. She hopes to become an effective teacher of Buddhist philosophy and pass on what she learns
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Dechen Butit
Dechen Butit was born in the village of Key in the region of Spiti. Her father is a field labourer and her mother keeps house. She has one sister. The family owns one field and grows wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables. They also have cows and sheep. Communication and transport are restricted in their valley because of the length of winter and heavy snowfall. There is not much chance to prosper at anything
Dechen Butit attended state school until the 5th class. She is very interested in studying Buddhist philosophy at the convent of Sherab Choling. There she has in addition the possibility of studying the ancient tradition of Nalanda. Instructors and senior Dharma Sisters will support her in these studies. She considers the life of a nun both logical and useful. She hopes to become an effective teacher of Buddhist philosophy and pass on what she learns
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Pema Wangmo
Pema Wangmo is now quite old and her health is weak. She worked a small plot for survival earlier, but eventually could no longer do that. Her son is psychiatrically unwell. She is in need of financial help
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Dorjee Leto
Dorjee Leto was born into a poor family of Zimthung, a village in Arunachal Pradesh. Many families are dispersed in this region. Zimthung is on the slopes of a vast mountain
Dorjee’s parents work hard to make a living. His father is a day-wage joiner. His mother keeps house and often does heavy labour on building sites. They are bringing up three children through these efforts. Dorjee is the youngest. His brother is a monk and his elder sister is in the 6th class of a school near the village. Although unwilling to be separated from him, Dorjees parents have sent him to school at the Tibetan Children’s Village Chauntra for the sake of his future
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Sangpo
Not yet old, Sangpo became mentally unstable and all his savings were spent on medication. His health got worse with high blood pressure and epilepsy. CTRC Old People’s Home at Chauntra admitted him
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Sonam Gyaltsen
Sonam Gyaltsen worked earlier alongside his wife in a handicraft centre for a marginal income. He became clinically depressed after the death of his wife in 2017. He is now well past working age and has been admitted to the Old People’s Home Chauntara
Heartfelt Thanks to the new Sponsor of Tanzin Panma
Tanzin Panma was born in the village of Lossar in the region of Spiti. Her father is a field labourer and her mother keeps house. She has an elder brother, two younger brothers and a younger sister. The family owns one field and grows wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables. They also have cows and sheep. Communication and transport are restricted in their valley because of the length of winter and heavy snowfall. There is not much chance to prosper at anything
Tanzin Panma attended state school until the 5th class. She is very interested in studying Buddhist philosophy at the convent of Sherab Choling. There she has in addition the possibility of studying the ancient tradition of Nalanda. Instructors and senior Dharma Sisters will support her in these studies. She considers the life of a nun both logical and useful. She hopes to become an effective teacher of Buddhist philosophy and pass on what she learns
Heartfelt Thanks to Topgyal’s New Sponsor since March 2019
History in Summary
Topgyal arrived from Tibet with his father who cared for him. When his father died a family member, Tashi Dhondup, cared for him. In weak health and and with a problem in his knee he was admitted to the Old People’s Home in Dharamsala